The fear of being truly known is sabotaging every relationship I try to build
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A lot of people replay the same thoughts and still show up tomorrow.
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You showed up here and said the hard thing. That is not nothing. That is the opposite of giving up. Quietly proud of you.
Honestly thank you for writing this out loud. So many of us feel it and never say it. You just made a bunch of strangers feel less alone tonight.
One thing that helped me: I stopped trying to feel better and started just letting myself feel honest. Weirdly, that is where the relief actually started.
I do not have advice, just solidarity. Sometimes being witnessed is the whole medicine. I see you and I am glad you are still here.
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